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Siege of Osaka (1614-1615): The Fall of the Toyotomi Clan

Decisive Tokugawa victory; Osaka Castle fell, Hideyori and his mother died, and the Toyotomi line was ended.

1614–1615 · 6 min read

The VOC seized and razed Jayakarta and built Batavia on its site, which became the headquarters of Dutch power in Asia for more than three centuries.

30 May 1619 · 6 min read

Decisive Later Jin victory; three of the four Ming columns were destroyed, and the Ming lost the initiative in the north-east.

April 1619 · 6 min read

The VOC seized the Banda Islands, destroyed most of the Bandanese population and created a slave-worked nutmeg monopoly.

1621 · 6 min read

A white marble mausoleum and garden complex was completed, becoming the most celebrated monument of Mughal architecture.

c. 1632-1653 · 8 min read

Japan limited foreign contact to a few controlled channels for over two centuries until American pressure forced it open in 1853–1854.

1633–1853 · 8 min read

Daimyo had to alternate residence between Edo and their domains, which drained their wealth and bound them to the shogunate until 1862.

1635 · 5 min read

The Later Jin khanate became the Qing empire, with Hong Taiji as emperor of a multi-ethnic Manchu, Mongol and Han Chinese state.

1636 · 5 min read

King Injo surrendered at Samjeondo; Joseon broke with the Ming and became a tributary of the Qing, sending royal hostages to Shenyang.

1636–1637 · 6 min read

The rebels were wiped out at Hara Castle; the shogunate tightened its ban on Christianity and expelled the Portuguese in 1639.

1637–1638 · 7 min read

The fort became the seat of the Mughal emperors for two centuries and later a national symbol of independent India.

1639-1648 · 6 min read

For over two centuries Dejima was Japan's only direct link with Western Europe and the channel for rangaku, Dutch learning.

1641–1859 · 6 min read